Hairpin



"R K. GAYLORD ET AL 2,397,100v

HAIRPIN Filed O Gi'.. 2l, 1944 March 26, 1946.

Patented Mar. 26, 1946 HAIRPIN Ruth K. Gaylord and Irving Richard Green,Chicago, Ill., assignors to Gaylord Products, Incorporated, Chicago,Ill., a corporation of Delaware Application October 21, 1944, Serial No.559,678

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in hairpins and has for an objectthe provision of a hairpin having means provided thereon for preventingits accidental displacement from the hair.

Another object of this invention is to provide a, hairpin in which thelegs thereof are formed to provide a plurality of relatively large hairreceiving pockets, and in which abutment shoulders are provided at theouter ends of each hair receiving pocket for preventing retrogrademovement of the hairpin from the hair.

A further object of this invention is to provide a hairpin which isrelatively inexpensive to manufacture. This invention embodies othernovel features which are hereinafter set forth in the specication andclaim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view showing a hairpin embodying featuresof this invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of same.

Referring now to the drawing for a better understanding of thisinvention, a hairpin is shown as comprising a loop II having a pair ofdepending legs I2 which are formed with outwardly diverging portions I3,I4, and I6 and with converging portions I1, I8, and I9 to provide threerelatively large hair receiving pockets 2|, 22, and 23. The free endportions 24 of the legs I2 are preferably disposed in spaced parallelalignment, the distance therebetween being substantially greater thandistance across the` hair receiving pocket 23.

The converging portions II, I8, and I9 are disposed at an angle of from35 to 90 from the longitudinal axis of the hairpin to provide abutmentshoulders and also to form restricted openings 26, 21, and 28 at theouter ends of the pockets 2I, 22, and 23 respectively. It will beobserved that the converging portions I8 are of greater length than theconverging portions I1 and I9 in order to provide longer abutmentsurfaces and a more restricted opening 21 for the hair receiving pocket22 than is provided for the pockets 2| and 23.

The hairpin is preferably formed of resilient material such as springwire to provide a substantially non-resilient loop I I and resilientlegs. Due to the relatively large size of the hair receiving pockets 2I, 22, and 23, the formation and disposition of the abutment shouldersII, I8, and I9, and the yieldable resistance oifered by the legs I2, thehairpins are adapted to firmly engage the hair and are not readilydisplaced therefrom.

While this invention has been shown in but one form, it is obvious tothose skilled in the art that it is not so limited but is susceptible ofvarious changes and modifications without departing from the spirit andscope of the claimed invention.

We claim as our invention:

A hairpin formed of.resilient material, comprising a loop, a pair oflegs depending from said loop, each of said legs having relatively longoutwardly diverging portions and relatively short outwardly convergingportions, the inner ends of one pair of outwardly diverging portionsterminating at said loop, said outwardly converging portions beingdisposed at an angle of from 35 to from the longitudinal axis of thehairpin to serve as abutment shoulders for resisting displacement of thehairpin from the hair, said outwardly diverging portions and outwardlyconverging portions forming three hair receiving pockets, the opposingportions of said legs between the abutment shoulders and the free endsthereof being substantially parallel, the abutment shoulders of theintermediate hair receiving pocket being relatively longer than theabutment shoulders provided for the other pockets to provide a morerestricted passage for hair therebetween.

RUTH K. GAYLORD. lRVING RICHARD GREEN.

